Cutting Crew are we feel one of the most under estimated bands of the ‘80s and so when we heard about their fantastic new project we just had to give it a listen and sure enough the guys who have brought this all together should be given a gold rubiks cube as they have created a sound that fits perfectly the emotion of the original music but takes it to maybe even a new audience. I remember exactly where I was when I heard Cutting Crew’s biggest hit , it is like one of those time machine tunes that takes you back on a journey to a place that lives forever in your memory , it even touched my smell senses which again so many songs can do , you know the one where you can even recall the perfume the person who actually said yes to my fifth request for a slow dance, was wearing, that says something indeed for the level Cutting Crew’s music takes me , so that is why we need to tell you all about it and in full tell you the background. With a sound that helped define the 1980’s music scene and a presence amongst popular culture which has seen them appear across TV, film and video games, Cutting Crew return with a stellar new album, “Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven” featuring their best-loved songs recreated in a completely new style. Now with the added emotion and power of a full philharmonic orchestra, vocalist, Nick Van Eede and long-time Cutting Crew guitarist, Gareth Moulton, look to both their die-hard fanbase and new generations of 80’s acolytes to enjoy tracks which just refuse to get old! Preceding the album is a single which has never truly gone away, (I Just) Died in Your Arms, which now has even more of a shiver-down-the-spine factor with its orchestral super-boost!
Watch the brand-new video for “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gmxLE3WYmw
The Grammy-nominated rock band were formed in England in 1985 by ever-present singer and guitarist, Nick Van Eede with original guitarist, writer and fellow-conspirator from Canada, Kevin MacMichael, Literally within months, the band signed with Siren Records/Virgin on the strength of their melody-rich demos alone.
Cutting Crew, becoming a foursome in 1986, entered the studio the same year to record the multi-million selling debut Broadcast album, one year before “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” exploded and made them stars at home and in the USA where it hit the number one spot in the charts and has so far garnered 5 million plays on the radio in that country alone!
It has since become something of a popular culture icon, finding its way into films such as Hot Tub Time Machine; smash-hit TV series as varied as Stranger Things and Ash Vs Evil Dead and video games such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. “I’ve Been in Love Before” and “One for the Mockingbird” also enjoyed massive worldwide radio play, reaching the Top 10 and Top 20 Billboard singles charts respectively and the band began their love affair for touring with worldwide stops as opening act for such groups as The Bangles, Starship and Huey Lewis & the News, as well as their own sell-out headline shows.
Cutting Crew released an award-winning sophomore album, The Scattering, in 1989 and a third in 1992, Compus Mentus. Sadly, after the death of his friend and founder member Kevin, there was an obviously long silence but Nick eventually chose to revive the band the following decade, featuring a radically different line-up, releasing the edgy Grinning Souls recorded in Kevin’s hometown in Nova Scotia in 2006 and the remarkable Add to Favourites in 2015.
The band continues to tour the world to rapturous receptions, with very recent visits to Mexico, Canada, Australia and Japan reinforcing their global popularity. Released this Spring, “Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven” is a welcome reminder of a band who have always delivered beautiful, classy anthems for the past 4 decades.
Artist: Cutting Crew
Title: “Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven”
Release: Album Released 24th April
Lead Track: (I Just) Died in Your Arms
Listen to the full album here (Unreleased PRIVATE STREAM ONLY) – https://soundcloud.com/august-day-records/sets/cutting-crew-ransomed-healed/s-ILDbm
Pre-Orders for the Deluxe 3-disc Edition are Now Open!
Tracklisting:
1) Overture
2) (I Just) Died in Your Arms
3) I’ve Been in Love Before
4) Everything but My Pride
5) One for the Mockingbird
6) No Problem Child
7) Broadcast
8) Any Colour
9) Climb Aboard
10) Berlin in Winter
11) (I Just) Died in Your Arms – Reprise
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Website: https://www.augustday.net/ / http://cuttingcrew.biz/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pQprxYRAezQae-og8U0VA
